Explores conceptions of politics in early modern France, and the controversies the word 'politique' attracted during the Wars of Religion.

The Languages of Politics/La politique et ses langages provides a multifaceted view of major approaches to the study of political discourse from an interdisciplinary perspective. To date, most contributions to the analysis of political discourse have come from the fields of rhetoric, (critical) discourse analysis, cognitive linguistics, pragmatics, lexicology, lexicography, and, more recently, multimodal discourse analysis. The papers in this volume build their investigations on these perspectives, and provide new and diversified insights into this vast area of research. Besides considering multiple approaches, the book also adds to the current debate on the languages of politics by combining a range of theoretical and methodological considerations, and by featuring contributions in both English and French.

The Languages of Politics/La politique et ses langages provides a multifaceted view of major approaches to the study of political discourse from an interdisciplinary perspective. To date, most contributions to the analysis of political discourse have come from the fields of rhetoric, (critical) discourse analysis, cognitive linguistics, pragmatics, lexicology, lexicography, and, more recently, multimodal discourse analysis. The papers in this volume build their investigations on these perspectives, and provide new and diversified insights into this vast area of research. Besides considering multiple approaches, the book also adds to the current debate on the languages of politics by combining a range of theoretical and methodological considerations, and by featuring contributions in both English and French.

Josephine’s life takes a new turn when her husband, Robert—Bobby among close friends—is elected minister of finance. She soon realizes that the questionable relationships he has are becoming more frequent and that his values and principles are losing ground. To add to that, Josephine makes a discovery that scandalizes her: her youngest son smokes pot! First shocked, she then tries it herself and gets great pleasure out of it. Seeing that her marriage is going downhill since her husband is minister, this gives her an idea. With the complicity of her best friend, Lilly, and her domestic workers, Mamadou and Ping, she prepares a special meal that her husband will host in honor of several influential public personalities. If she wanted to spice up her everyday life, Josephine will have reached her goal. But the discoveries she will make will change her life . . . and that of the planet.